On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Kendall Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks everyone. > > How about this then from page 4, about class A networks: > > "Each Class A network address has an 8-bit network prefix, with the > highest order bit set to 0 (zero) and a 7-bit network number, followed > by a 24-bit host number... > > A maximum of 126 (27 -2) /8 networks can be defined. The calculation > subtracts two because the /8 network 0.0.0.0 is reserved for use as the > default route and the /8 network 127.0.0.0" > > 12^6? Is 27 - 2 supposed to be 128 - 2?
after a while of hanging around networks you'll learn to recognize magic numbers and give them some particular context. in this case the transliteration is "126 (2^7 - 2)" which is where you get 128 - 2, or 126 from... -- GDB has a 'break' feature; why doesn't it have 'fix' too?
